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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne ask Daisy to do?

2. What rude comment does Randolph make to Mrs. Walker?

3. What do Daisy, Giovanelli, and Winterbourne do in the Pincian Garden?

4. More so in Rome, what is the central theme of the novel?

5. What are the rumors about what Winterbourne is pursuing in Geneva?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Winterbourne's and Daisy's meetings taper off?

2. Describe the information Winterbourne receives about Daisy from Mrs. Walker.

3. To solve the problem of Daisy's going alone, how does Winterbourne provide an answer?

4. What is the admonition Winterbourne receives from his aunt?

5. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

6. In what way does Daisy turn the tables on Winterbourne when he warns her about Giovanelli?

7. How does Winterbourne begin to size up Giovanelli?

8. At Mrs. Walker's party, how does Winterbourne alter to stop Daisy's behavior?

9. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior that Winterbourne takes the wrong way.

10. What shows the determination of Mrs. Walker to save the reckless American girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing Daisy to the Cindy Lauper song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In your essay show how Henry James' Daisy Miller foreshadows a much less restrictive future for young American women.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the irony of Mrs. Costello's objection to Daisy's seeing Italian men. Although James does not comment on it, there is an irony that Mrs. Costello has an Italian last name. Discuss how people often condemn in otherw what they accept in themselves.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about style versus fads. Use Daisy Miller as an example of a young woman who has excellent fashion tastes for her day. Give your opinion about good fashion today as opposed to fad dressing and poor taste.

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